Wakefield School is accredited by the National Association of Independent Schools and the Virginia Association of Independent Schools. Additional memberships include: The College Board, The Secondary School Admission Test Board, the National Honor Society, the Emerging Scholars Program, and the Polish Scholar Program.

Wakefield’s Arts Department supports a wide range of artistic endeavors from acting to photography to music theory. Each year there are a number of traditional performing arts productions including:

Grandparents' Concerts

Upper and Middle School Fall Play

Middle School Music Holiday Concert

Talent Show/Holiday Lasagna Dinner

Lower School Arts Festival

3rd Grade Musical

4th Grade Immigration Heritage Music Concert

Upper and Middle School Spring Play

Middle School Music Competition and Festival

Medieval Faire

5th Grade Poetry Tea

Wakefield is a member of the International Thespian Society.

Wakefield held its fifth annual Alumni Art Exhibit in 2014.

Student-produced publications continue to receive national awards: Virtus et Sapientia (yearbook), Talisman(Upper School art and writings), and Amulet (Middle School art and writings). These are published in late spring of each school year.

1991: Differences between former Headmistress and Board of Trustees develop; Wakefield School leaves its original campus in August; classes held in town of Marshall from September 1991 until June 1996.

1994: New campus purchased in The Plains.

1996: First phase of new campus completed; Wakefield School moves to The Plains.

1999: Upper School building added.

2001: Wakefield accredited by VAIS.

2002: Arts and Music Building added.

2004: Upper gym added, as well as new fields, tennis courts, and infrastructure.